Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news: Chinese Authorities Shut Down Two Fake Apple Store After news broke that there were fake Apple Stores popping up in China, it is now being reported […]
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Apple Seeds: China Authoriteis Shutting Down Some Fake Apple Stores, Apple Considering Buying Hulu, More

Jul 25th 2011 by

Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news:

Chinese Authorities Shut Down Two Fake Apple Store

After news broke that there were fake Apple Stores popping up in China, it is now being reported that Chinese authorities are shutting some of these stores, but not for the reasons you would thing. Apple hasn’t stepped in to order the stores closed, but rather Chinese authorities have shut the stores down due to a lack of proper permits. So there’s that. [Read More]

Report Claims that Apple Considering Buying Hulu

Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is considering making a bid for Hulu, the online video streaming service. I can’t see this happening because Hulu, at least to my mind, has nothing Apple wants. [Read More]

Lodsys Now Going After Large Development Companies As Well As Indie Developers

Foss Patents is reporting that Lodsys is now going after larger development houses such as Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds. Other companies coming under attack are Electronic Arts, Atari, Square Enix and others. This brings the total number of companies under attack to 11. Remember Lodsys is attacking developers who are linking to their other apps, from within the app, as well as the ones using the in-app purchasing. [Read More]

Apple Pushes Out iOS 4.3.5 Addressing Security Hole in Certificate Validation

Just a little over a week after Apple released iOS 4.3.4, they have now pushed out iOS 4.3.5 to patch a security hole in certificate validation.[Read More]

Apple Releases New iPad Commercial, Mentions OS X Lion

Apple has released a new iPad ad along the lines of the past several commercials, with this one being entitled “We’ll Always”. Apple also makes mention of OS X Lion in the new ad as well. Beautifully done, as always. [Read More]

Voice Command Virtual Assistant Coming in iOS5
9to5Mac is reporting that iOS 5 will indeed include something called “Assistant” which will be controlled by voice commands. This of course ties into the rumors that Apple would be using voice recognition technology in iOS 5. [Read More]

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